Basal levels of DNA damage detected by micronuclei and comet assays in untreated breast cancer patients and healthy women

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-92

  Santos, Raquel A ^a   Teixeira, Ana Cláudia ^a   Mayorano, Monica B ^a   Carrara, Hélio H A ^a   Andrade, Jurandyr M ^a   Takahashi, Catarina S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Breast cancer; Comet assay; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MICRONUCLEUS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; BREAST TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77954678974     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-009-0079-4     Document Type: Article

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